The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-25

,.t--Sccnes ut tho Finai Feast.
1884,. Wager of $1,000 Was Won.
Enough.
r.t, O. Mann ate his thirticth quail in
80. consecutive DAYS the other evening"
Alderman Jonas restaurant and his
~ George r. Clark. wins 81 600 from
'.,f..,,.n Hidrc.h. A little over a month
Alderman HHdreth offered 10 put up
o. AM ~ q wager that Mann could not eat
g. ouals NJ thirty days one each day,
-r q, be eaton between the hours OF u
o'clock in the evening. The money
o. covered. and the contest Of !. {. Mann
ti. .iamach commenced on the evening
IN, q He st once put himself under the
70, of DIS. Dryden, OF Chicago, and Nit
Ir ~ Minneapolis, and acting according
- vice has lived for tho month on
80 oatmeal for breakfast and light cold
-. f,- dinner. winding up with his quail
- zach evening He got along very
~ ,,-.G be reached his twenty ninth quail
f. evening OF Dec 81. On this oc-
- % he got through with his grand supper
-. .,tar a hard struggle, and 1t was ex-
- that he would fail in the attempt to
P-.,r,s his thirtieth This belief was
s.-.,ytbsned by the fact that Charley Mil
- rurred eater belonging to the Jonas
..orrsDt, had but few days previously
go ou his twenty-ninth attempt at the
go. fast Hence there was a large crowd
- s,.,tstors at the place the last evening
when voun. Mann, accompanied by Dr. c.
H,.bon.y the referee in the contest, entered
81 took his seat at one Of the tables
At IT AGAIN.
Immediately as the hands of tho clock
,,o;ntei 70 6. the thirtieth quail, which had
IN excelontly broiled and placed on a
pvramid Of toast was set before Mann. The
Commandments were salt, celery, bread,
bYt.er Saratoga chips, etc. lie brought
with him bottle of WaukeSha water, of
,,tiob he at first took half glass and then
commenced eating bread and butter; after
corsrmiu, half slice Of bread he reached
for the quail with an air Of hungry man,
and brought il 90 his plate. Cutting of
cool sized mouthful he masticated it thor
o1ghly. and with apparent relish, along
with liberal supply Of Saratoga chips well
satl This performance was repeated three
time, Then Mann reSorted TO bread and
bu.tar. and finished his first glass of Wauke-
sba lie next turned lis attention to the
calary and ate two stems, using salt freely,
and following with three more "bites" of
quail Then he poured out smother glass of
Waukesha. which emptied his bottle, ate
some over sailed Saratoga chips, another
stem Of celery. another mouthful Of bread,
with an extra supply of butter, and then
commenced on the last half of the decisive
half
At this juncture Mann was just a little
nervous and looked up at the clock with
wistful solcitude But nine minutes of his
time Lad expired Mr.. Mahoney, who was
by hi, side HANDED over a cup Of coffee
which had been furnished him, and this
seemed TO encourage Mann's langushing APP
petite. But opposite him sat George c.
Clark. a most interested onlooker, who had
$1,000 on the six mouthfuls Of quail that
yet remained 10 De eaten. The crowd
gathered close about the tired eater, and for
Q moment he appeared to weaken. Charley
Miller, the defeated man in a similar match,
remarked TO a friend next to him that he
would not at that moment bet a 'V'' either
way. He may get through, and he may
not said Miller. 1T is just at that point
that ] failed
But Young Mann quaffed a portion Of his
glass OF Waukesha and commenced on the
remainder Of the quail with a steady nerve.
He used salt and sailed Saratoga chips, and
celery and salt, and butter freely, taking a
mouthful Of the quail at intervals in such a
way that its taste could scarcely reach his I
palate from the abundance Of other edibles |
which no consumed.